NRW-Liga Gruppe 2 2025-2026 April 2026

Team SwissStandard

78 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 26 Apr 2026 in various, Germany. 26 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2306, and top seed was Hussain Besou (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2427).

Martin Wecker (🇩🇪 GER, 2129) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Jochen Dahm (1.0) and Marius Gramb (1.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ashwath C S (1789) beat Andre Kleff (2043), a +254-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪various, Germany

Dates

26 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Team · 1 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪IMHussain Besou2427

Avg top 10

2,306

Participants

Titled players · 26

IM×9

FM×11

CM×4

WGM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇩🇪Germany×69

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

🇳🇱Netherlands×2

🇮🇳India×1

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

Top 3

🥇
Martin Wecker
🇩🇪GER·2129
1.0pts·2859perf+8.0
🥈
FMJochen Dahm
🇩🇪GER·2205
1.0pts·2965perf+8.8
🥉
Marius Gramb
🇩🇪GER·2215
1.0pts·2997perf+9.4

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Wecker, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2129	1.0	2059	2859	+8.0
2	FMDahm, Jochen	🇩🇪GER	2205	1.0	2165	2965	+8.8
3	Gramb, Marius	🇩🇪GER	2215	1.0	2197	2997	+9.4
4	Winkler, Yonathan	🇩🇪GER	2144	1.0	2229	3029	+24.8
5	Kutzner, Stephen	🇩🇪GER	2090	1.0	2124	2924	+11.0
6	Scheidtmann, Kian	🇩🇪GER	2035	1.0	1880	2680	+5.8
7	Neuer, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2005	1.0	1832	2632	+5.4
8	Koehler, Justus	🇩🇪GER	2140	1.0	2029	2829	+7.0
9	FMKniest, Oliver	🇩🇪GER	2162	1.0	1944	2744	+4.4
10	IMBesou, Hussain	🇩🇪GER	2427	1.0	2226	3026	+2.4
11	Doering, Carsten	🇩🇪GER	2022	1.0	1684	2484	+2.4
12	Rybarczyk, Klaus	🇩🇪GER	2102	1.0	2099	2899	+10.0
13	Meyer, Ralph	🇩🇪GER	2055	1.0	1917	2717	+12.4
14	Lamby, Philipp, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2192	1.0	2244	3044	+11.4
15	Mann, Gergely	🇩🇪GER	2181	1.0	2115	2915	+8.2
16	Wickenfeld, Stefan	🇩🇪GER	2164	1.0	2167	2967	+10.0
17	IMSielecki, Christof	🇩🇪GER	2380	1.0	2188	2988	+2.5
18	Ashwath C S	🇮🇳IND	1789	1.0	2043	2843	+16.2
19	Homfeldt, Christopher	🇩🇪GER	1860	1.0	2098	2898	+16.0
20	De Vries, Leon	🇳🇱NED	2015	1.0	2133	2933	+13.2
21	WFMNeumann, Helena	🇩🇪GER	2051	1.0	1783	2583	+6.8
22	Kauch, Markus	🇩🇪GER	2092	1.0	1919	2719	+5.4
23	Spilles, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	2118	1.0	2134	2934	+10.4
24	IMSeger, Ruediger	🇩🇪GER	2246	1.0	2143	2943	+3.6
25	Runte, Moritz	🇩🇪GER	2143	1.0	2194	2994	+11.4
26	IMTereick, Benjamin	🇩🇪GER	2403	0.5	2354	2354	-0.7
27	Besou, Jad	🇩🇪GER	1858	0.5	2040	2040	+9.6
28	FMHuesmann, Thomas	🇧🇪BEL	2181	0.5	2218	2218	+1.0
29	Simon, Hans Christian	🇩🇪GER	2135	0.5	1957	1957	-4.6
30	FMGupta, Milon	🇩🇪GER	2182	0.5	1817	1817	-8.0
31	Zitzewitz, Roland	🇩🇪GER	1957	0.5	2135	2135	+9.2
32	FMWagner, Alexej	🇩🇪GER	2164	0.5	2214	2214	+1.4
33	Nagel, Bernhard	🇩🇪GER	2176	0.5	2169	2169	-0.2
34	IMSonntag, Hans-Hubert	🇩🇪GER	2240	0.5	2204	2204	-0.5
35	FMCoenen, Michael	🇩🇪GER	2277	0.5	2251	2251	-0.4
36	Hinz, Laszlo	🇩🇪GER	1854	0.5	2055	2055	+10.4
37	Manavalan, Harikrishna	🇩🇪GER	1817	0.5	2182	2182	+16.0
38	Meyer, Armin	🇩🇪GER	2218	0.5	2181	2181	-1.0
39	Brandt, Sebastian	🇩🇪GER	2169	0.5	2176	2176	+0.2
40	Koehler, Ronald	🇩🇪GER	2154	0.5	2208	2208	+1.6
41	FMKaufeld, Juergen	🇩🇪GER	2204	0.5	2240	2240	+1.0
42	Bilenko, Yaroslav	🇺🇦UKR	2055	0.5	1854	1854	-5.2
43	IMHaskelman, Evgen	🇺🇦UKR	2137	0.5	2060	2060	-1.1
44	Pfeffer, Ruprecht	🇩🇪GER	2197	0.5	2156	2156	-1.2
45	IMGruen, Gerd-Peter	🇩🇪GER	2236	0.5	2163	2163	-1.0
46	Koehler, Christian Friedrich	🇩🇪GER	2208	0.5	2154	2154	-1.6
47	CMJagodzinsky, Andreas	🇩🇪GER	2163	0.5	2236	2236	+2.0
48	IMLoifenfeld, Jakov	🇷🇺RUS	2354	0.5	2403	2403	+0.7
49	CMBroehl, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2156	0.5	2197	2197	+1.2
50	Borchert, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2040	0.5	1858	1858	-4.8
51	Brockhaus, Philip	🇩🇪GER	2060	0.5	2137	2137	+2.2
52	IMCoenen, Norbert	🇩🇪GER	2251	0.5	2277	2277	+0.4
53	FMMichalczak, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2214	0.5	2164	2164	-1.4
54	Georgopoulos, Nicolas	🇩🇪GER	1832	0.0	2005	1205	-10.8
55	Kleff, Andre	🇩🇪GER	2043	0.0	1789	989	-16.2
56	Loseries, Uwe	🇩🇪GER	2124	0.0	2090	1290	-11.0
57	Roth, Markus, Prof.	🇩🇪GER	2133	0.0	2015	1215	-13.2
58	Ossig, Rainer	🇩🇪GER	2134	0.0	2118	1318	-10.4
59	FMBerg, Michael	🇩🇪GER	2226	0.0	2427	1627	-4.8
60	WGMVoicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen	🇷🇴ROU	2229	0.0	2144	1344	-12.4
61	Kubitza, Georg	🇩🇪GER	1917	0.0	2055	1255	-12.4
62	Paris, Michael	🇩🇪GER	2099	0.0	2102	1302	-10.0
63	Breitkopf-Lazar, Patrick-Robert	🇩🇪GER	2115	0.0	2181	1381	-8.2
64	Hofmann, Benjamin	🇩🇪GER	2029	0.0	2140	1340	-7.0
65	Keller, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2188	0.0	2380	1580	-5.0
66	CMSonnenschein, Philipp	🇩🇪GER	2197	0.0	2215	1415	-9.4
67	Bohle, Jasper	🇩🇪GER	1880	0.0	2035	1235	-11.6
68	CMWinkels, Marcel	🇳🇱NED	1919	0.0	2092	1292	-5.4
69	Boos, Markus	🇩🇪GER	2098	0.0	1860	1060	-16.0
70	Jagodzinsky, Lukas	🇩🇪GER	1684	0.0	2022	1222	-4.8
71	Nazari Salari, Shahrokh	🇩🇪GER	1944	0.0	2162	1362	-8.8
72	Wiekert, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2143	0.0	2246	1446	-7.2
73	Senay, Baris	🇩🇪GER	2059	0.0	2129	1329	-8.0
74	Zhuravel, Danylo	🇺🇦UKR	1783	0.0	2051	1251	-6.8
75	FMKrallmann, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	2167	0.0	2164	1364	-10.0
76	Fox, Daniel	🇩🇪GER	2165	0.0	2205	1405	-8.8
77	Goessling, Guido	🇩🇪GER	2194	0.0	2143	1343	-11.4
78	FMLitwak, Aleksej	🇩🇪GER	2244	0.0	2192	1392	-11.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Winkler, YonathanGER
+24.8
1.0 pts · #4
2Ashwath C SIND
+16.2
1.0 pts · #18
3Homfeldt, ChristopherGER
+16.0
1.0 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Kleff, AndreGER
-16.2
0.0 pts · #55
2Boos, MarkusGER
-16.0
0.0 pts · #69
3Roth, Markus, Prof.GER
-13.2
0.0 pts · #57

Biggest upsets

R1+254 Elo gap
Ashwath C S1789 beat Kleff, Andre2043
R1+238 Elo gap
Homfeldt, Christopher1860 beat Boos, Markus2098
R1+118 Elo gap
De Vries, Leon2015 beat Roth, Markus, Prof.2133